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A township of 195 people in Pipestone County, Minnesota
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Township in Minnesota, United States
195Population
35.2 sq miArea
1,765 ftElevation

Aetna Township is a township in Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 201 at the 2000 census. Aetna Township was organized in 1880, and named for Aetna Johnson, the daughter of a Norwegian settler.

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